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That's pretty lofty praise. I'll try to report my best how the ankle seems to be holding up when the season starts.

This might be a little off topic, but do you know if we have any other highly rated prospects on the Rice roster this season? I'll be at every home game (with any luck), so I'd like to know who to look for. :boogie:

Rathjen performed well this summer and should be on some follow lists with an eye towards the mid-single digit rounds. Fuda and Wall also solid follows.

I like Boogie but his build seems like it's likely to drop him to the teens with his so-so stuff. Cingrani could get attention as a relief arm or a back-ender, depending on if he can command his stuff more consistently. Love the funk, though.

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That was the one thing about Buck-ball that was killing me last season. Much as I loved what he and the team were doing, I knew that it was ruining any chance that we had of getting Rendon. My only hope is that the top pitchers all do well, Rendon looks very expensive to some of the cheaper teams picking in front of us, and injury concerns linger with some other GMs. But I really can't see 3 teams passing up on him. 1 or 2, maybe, but not three.

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That was the one thing about Buck-ball that was killing me last season. Much as I loved what he and the team were doing, I knew that it was ruining any chance that we had of getting Rendon. My only hope is that the top pitchers all do well, Rendon looks very expensive to some of the cheaper teams picking in front of us, and injury concerns linger with some other GMs. But I really can't see 3 teams passing up on him. 1 or 2, maybe, but not three.

This seems incredibly unlikely, but I guess you never know. We did get Wieters, and we all know Tex dropped years ago. I think times have changed though. One saving grace might be the depth in this draft. Teams at the top could theoretically want to save money for expensive guys who might fall due to the overall competition in the top 60ish picks.

The consolation will likely (hopefully?) be a high upside arm who immediately vaults to #2 on our prospect charts, assuming Britton graduates this year.

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This seems incredibly unlikely, but I guess you never know. We did get Wieters, and we all know Tex dropped years ago. I think times have changed though. One saving grace might be the depth in this draft. Teams at the top could theoretically want to save money for expensive guys who might fall due to the overall competition in the top 60ish picks.

The consolation will likely (hopefully?) be a high upside arm who immediately vaults to #2 on our prospect charts, assuming Britton graduates this year.

Just throwing this out there, but unless Machado jumps up a few levels this year, I'd think an arm like Purke would rank higher than Machado, though I could be wrong. A college arm who is a possible TOR guy is safer and closer and therefor for me a higher ranking prospect. Now, if Manny ends up in HiA by the end of the year or better, maybe its different, but I could certainly imagine a world where our top pick this year is our #1 prospect by the end of the year.....

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Just throwing this out there, but unless Machado jumps up a few levels this year, I'd think an arm like Purke would rank higher than Machado, though I could be wrong. A college arm who is a possible TOR guy is safer and closer and therefor for me a higher ranking prospect. Now, if Manny ends up in HiA by the end of the year or better, maybe its different, but I could certainly imagine a world where our top pick this year is our #1 prospect by the end of the year.....

Taylor jungmann could be that college top the Os need. Throws in the mid 90s, big frame and only 195lbs, so he can fill out alittle more.

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Just throwing this out there, but unless Machado jumps up a few levels this year, I'd think an arm like Purke would rank higher than Machado, though I could be wrong. A college arm who is a possible TOR guy is safer and closer and therefor for me a higher ranking prospect. Now, if Manny ends up in HiA by the end of the year or better, maybe its different, but I could certainly imagine a world where our top pick this year is our #1 prospect by the end of the year.....

Just considering the talent at draft time, I think I'd slot any of the top 4 guys at this point ahead of Machado.

But, yeah, a lot will depend on how Machado performs next year.

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